Colonel Daniel Craven: (Supporting) to play late 50s-60s, Julia's and Sylvia's father, delightfully pompous army veteran, a good-naturedly impulsive credulous person who, after an entirely thoughtless career as an officer and gentleman, is now being startled into some sort of self-education by the surprising proceedings of his children, has a good dose of self-pity for his ailments which deny him indulgence in food and alcohol.